BENGALURU: A day after actor ‘Kiccha’ Sudeep said he will extend his support to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Karnataka Assembly election, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said that it will help the party get more seats in the elections.
“It will be helpful for our party to get more seats. I congratulate him for supporting us”, Yediyurappa said. To a question on the Congress criticism over convening a press conference to make the announcement in the presence of the actor, Yediyurappa said, “The Congress can say anything. I welcome that a popular actor like Sudeep will campaign for our party. The Congress cannot digest the fact that the BJP is getting immense support and hence, they are making such comments”.
Meanwhile, after Kiccha Sudeep announced his support to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, a Shivamogga-based lawyer, K P Sripal, has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to stop telecasting movies, advertisements and other shows of the actor with immediate effect.
On Wednesday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the campaign by the Kannada superstar will give a lot of strength to the saffron party. “Kiccha Sudeep is a famous superstar and will campaign for us. We will prepare a blueprint for his campaign soon. He is a very big star, his popularity is very high and I strongly believe that his campaigning will give a lot of strength to the BJP”, the CM said.
Laying rest to speculations of Sudeep joining the BJP ahead of the Karnataka polls, the Kannada actor had said that he would “not contest elections, but will support Chief Minister Bommai”. Sudeep said he said he shares a personal bond with Bommai. (With Agency inputs)